TheRedQueen wrote:Fascinating buildings...so it was hard to tell from the link, but are they being used? I love stuff like that.

Great Smokey pics, once again! I wanna move in with you!

Prora has never been used as what it was planned to be used. It was planned to build a beach resort for 20.000 people. 8 Buildings were built between 1936 and 1939. As WW2 started in 1939 all work on Prora stopped. In 1943 they finished parts of the southern Buildings to have new living room for people from Hamburg (as you know, Hamburg was badly destroyed during WW2 )In 1940 Prora was a Military Hospital for the German Wehrmacht. When the Sovjets took over control at the sovjet sector in Germany, most parts of Prora were destroyed by the sovjet Army. Later Prora was used as a Military Base for the NVA (i don't know how to translate "Nationale Volksarmee", Army of the former German Democratic Republic ).After the German Reunion in 1990, the German Armed Forces took over Prora (until 1992)1993-1999: used as the worlds largest youth hostel.since 2000: Museum

They say "fighting dogs" grab on and never let go; and it's the truth! Smokey grabbed my heart and never let go.

Beautiful pics!! Smokey looks like he is enjoying the beach!! I went to Sylt when I was over in Germany - it was beautiful. I went 2 times, the first when it was warm (although being from Fl, the water was not what I considered warm ) and once when it was cold out. It was more peaceful when it was cooler because it was not near as crowded. I miss Germany- had some really great times over there !!!